There are basically two kinds of hand-made doll babies used in hoodoo -- those that are personalized by attaching things to the outside and those that are hand-stuffed. Things applied to the outside of a doll include a photograph or the hair of the target glued onto the head of the doll or a figural candle that represents the person.
Scorpion fish have several adaptations that suit a great adaptor to the ocean. The scorpion fish lives most on reefs and rocks. It adapts itself to look like rocks as a protection device against predators. Its stays mostly on the bottom of the ocean so that it won't use its energy swimming around.
Scorpions will sting repeatedly to immobilize larger prey. When the prey is subdued, the scorpion will feed. Scorpions can't digest food unless it is in a liquid form. The scorpion injects their prey with a chemical that will turn it basically into liquid, which they can absorb. Scorpions are capable of eating very large amounts of food in a single feeding.